Matthew Allaway, DO; photo provided by Allaway "Patients are beginning to wake up to the reality, but historically, since TP [transperineal] biopsy is relatively unknown to patients, they just ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Transperineal prostate cancer biopsies did not cause any infections in a randomized trial. U.S. and European ...

Although usually used as a confirmatory test after negative TRUS-guided biopsy, transperineal biopsy shows promise as an initial investigation Transperineal biopsy frequently requires higher ...

Local anesthetic transperineal (LATP) biopsy for prostate cancer detection is gaining in popularity due to concerns about infectious complications with transrectal ultrasound (TRUS) biopsy.

A transperineal biopsy is a needle biopsy to look for cancer cells in the prostate. This helps to diagnose prostate cancer. Your doctor puts a needle into the prostate. They put it through the skin ...

We have now conducted the largest trial in this field, and are excited to provide definitive results. The results show that transperineal biopsy is better at diagnosing clinically meaningful prostate ...

He is Jim Hu, MD, not James Hu, MD. Researchers have concluded that transperineal prostate (TP) biopsies should be standard of care because no infections were found among those who received this ...

In the largest head-to-head randomized trial of its kind, UK researchers found transperineal prostate biopsies using local anesthesia (LATP) superior to the transrectal approach in detecting ...

Data are from the first randomized clinical trial evaluating whether prophylactic antibiotics are needed for transperineal prostate biopsy. In men without infection risk factors, antibiotic ...

Minimally invasive transperineal laser ablation (TPLA) of the prostate appears effective for benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH), according to a review published online Sept. 21 in Therapeutic ...